How often do we stop and think about water? It flows from our taps so easily that we forget just how precious and precarious our supply really is. Catastrophic flooding reminds us of its deadly nature and drought may parch our land, but still, most of us don’t truly understand where our dayto- day w...

Restaurants can be quiet and reserved, campy and eccentric or anything in between. Like a good dog or an old pair of boots, a restaurant takes on the personality of its owner. In 1975, Guich Koock bought the dilapidated Krauskopf Bros. building at 312 West Main Street in Fredericksburg (today Hondo’...

Manage costs After reading of the city council’s unanimous decision to raise property taxes due to flat to decreased revenues, and higher expenses, it occurs to me competent managers should first manage costs, not revenue. I cannot recall a time hearing the supposed managers of city monies undertaki...

Gerrymandering I have heard a lot about gerrymandering in the news, with regard to the Texas Democrats that fled the state to avoid a quorum and preve...

With a quorum-breaking number of House Democrats still out of state, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an ...

Does redistricting count as ‘extraordinary’ threat to the Texas public? No. The Texas Constitution states that special legislative sessions are to be ...